Shaping Public Discourse on the Peace Process
Apart from having our work covered in the media, JPL has had many
published articles, op-ed pieces, and television and radio appearances
discussing the Peace Process. Go to JPL ARCHIVES for a more complete list
of JPL's work. Here are some of the most recent publications and
contributions:
AL-QUDS, 19 June 2002 -
With a creative
initiative the Palestinian leadership can shift the debate onto its
strongest terrain -- final peace arrangements. To do so would win widespread
support within Europe and the United States, and would introduce a powerful
new dynamic within Israeli politics.
Moving Beyond Bilateral
Negotiations
CNN, 22 May 2002 - JPL president, Jerome M. Segal, is
interviewed on CNN's Moneyline News Hour with Lou Dobbs.
An American-Imposed Peace
HA'ARETZ, 14 March 2002 -
Unilateral separation is a seductive notion, with serious
flaws. It gives up land without getting peace in exchange. As a half-way
withdrawal, it is likely to spur greater violence. A far more decisive
approach is to have the United States impose, on both Israelis and
Palestinians, a final territorial settlement, roughly along the lines of the
Clinton parameters of December 2000.
NY TIMES, 17 February 2002 - Israelis and Palestinians
cannot negotiate a comprehensive peace on their own. There is an
alternative approach that should be considered. The Security Council,
with American leadership, could prescribe the central elements of a
territorial settlement.
THE NATION, 28 January 2002 - This plan seeks to achieve
separation of the two peoples, but not through unilateral action.
Rather, it proposes that the United States use the UN Security Council to
achieve a coordinated seperation.
HA'ARETZ, 1 October 2001 - The insistence that meeting the
demands of Israeli politics is the criteria for judging whether a
Palestinian proposal represents a genuine offer to end the conflict is a
continued problem.
MIDDLE EAST POLICY, June 2001 - The yet-to-be-completed task of negotiations needs to be identified: finding a way to accommodate a Palestinian right of return to Israel, while avoiding any actual return that threatens Israel's Jewish character.
AL-QUDS, 27 APRIL 2001 - The most powerful diplomatic step that the Palestinian leadership could take is to present to the world a detailed peace agreement that it is prepared to sign. It should be done publicly, directly to the Israeli people.
HA'ARETZ, 1 February 2001 - The most convincing way to end the conflict over Palestinian refugees is a choice-based approach in which they have the right to return but instead choose compensation and resettlement elsewhere.
CNN, 8 October 2000 - A "Clinton Plan" must be presented as a detailed American proposal for a permanent settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
HA'ARETZ, 27 July 2000 - Who has underlying sovereignty over the plateau itself? If this question is always answered in a traditional way - either Israel or Palestine is sovereign - then there will be no solution. Ultimate sovereignty belongs to God.
SH'MA, May 2000 - There can be two cities, but they must overlap in the Old City, the heart of both Yerushalayim and Al Quds.
THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC POLICY, May 2000 - Exploring what actual peple experience as Jerusalem holds much promise as a key to resolving the conflict. Israelis recognize "Yerushalayim" and Palestinians recognize "Al Quds" very differently.
WASH. POST, 6 Feb. 2000 - For Palestinians, accepting Israel's right to remain a Jewish state is validated as the price to ensure that the state of Palestine includes Jerusalem. For Israelis, sharing Jerusalem is validated as the price to end the conflict.
MIDDLE EAST INSIGHT, January-February 1999 - Al-Quds and Yerushalayim: Two Names for Two Cities
WASHINGTON POST, 18 Oct. 1998 - If all issues other than Jerusalem are resolved, the stage will be set for a Jerusalem-centered, Jewish-Moslem conflict. Fortunately, much of the common wisdom about the non-negotiability of Jerusalem is mistaken.
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